On This Day: March 7th

Sweden officially joins NATO, becoming its 32nd member.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie Rust, the first time someone has been found guilty for causing a death on a movie set.

At least 108 die and 615 are injured in the 2021 Bata explosions in Bata, Equatorial Guinea.

Massereene Barracks shooting: The Real Irish Republican Army kills two British soldiers and injures two other soldiers and two civilians at Massereene Barracks, the first British military deaths in Northern Ireland since the end of The Troubles.

Reform of the House of Lords: The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.

Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes at Adisutjipto International Airport in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 21 people.

The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.

Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a fight over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses.

Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, political leader of then East Pakistan (present day-Bangladesh), delivers his historic 7th March speech in the Racecourse Field (Now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka.